| General Features | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
6.0
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1.5.1
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N/A
|
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| Last Release Date |
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
|
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
|
N/A
|
|
| Last Update here |
2013-01-22 (13 years ago)
|
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
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2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
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2013-02-18 (13 years ago)
|
| Author |
OpenRoad Communications Ltd
|
Michal Frackowiak
|
PukiWiki Development Team
|
Wikia, Inc.
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| License |
Commercial
|
AGPLv3
|
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
|
N/A
|
| Programming Language |
ASP.NET C#
|
PHP
|
N/A
|
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
Files
|
N/A
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$119/user (hosted), $10/user (cloud)
|
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
|
0
|
$0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
N/A
|
| Intended Audience |
Intranet, Corporate, Private
|
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
|
One theme, one PukiWiki
|
All users
|
| Hosting Features | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Storage Quota |
N/A
|
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
|
N/A
|
unlimited
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
|
no limit
|
N/A
|
unlimited
|
| Other Limits |
N/A
|
max uploaded file size limit
|
N/A
|
none
|
| Topic Restrictions |
N/A
|
by Terms Of Service
|
N/A
|
hate speech, personal attacks, we believe in kindness
|
| Corporate Branding |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| Own Domain |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Optional
|
| Ads allowed |
N/A
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Operating System |
Windows Server 2008, 2012
|
OS independent
|
N/A
|
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Webserver |
IIS
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
N/A
|
|
| Other Requirements |
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
|
N/A
|
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| Datastorage | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Text Files |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| MySQL |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
N/A
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Oracle |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
N/A
|
| SQLite |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
N/A
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
N/A
|
| RCS |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Other |
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2010
|
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
|
N/A
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
Active Directory, Open Directory, or Custom Modules
|
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
|
N/A
|
|
| Host Blocking |
Patch
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Development/Support | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
N/A
|
| Code Repository |
N/A
|
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| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel |
#pukiwiki
|
##wikia on freenode
|
||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Preview |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
To current
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Special Features | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
11
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
2
English, Polish |
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi |
0
|
| Email notification |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Comments |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Plugin
|
Discussion Pages
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Page Locking
|
Conflict Detection
|
Conflict Resolution
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
N/A
|
| Structured Data |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Links | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| CamelCase |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Freelinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
No
|
| Page Redirects |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Features | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
None
|
Plugin
|
Some
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
complex
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
simple + complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Scripting |
javascript (optional)
|
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
|
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
|
Yes
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Usability | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Section Editing |
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Statistics | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Recent Visitors |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Output | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| PDF Export |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Media Revisions |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Embedded Flash |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Media Search |
Contents
|
No
|
No
|
Keywords
|
| Extras | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Image Galleries |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Blogs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | ThoughtFarmer | Wikidot | PukiWiki | Wikia |
| Internal Link |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
[[[page-name]]] or [[[page-name|anchor]]] |
PageNameAsWikiName [[PageName]] [[link text>PageName]] |
|
| External Link |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
http://www.wikimatrix.org or [http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix] |
http://.... [[link text>http://....]] [[interwiki:keyphrase]] [[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]] |
|
| Headlines |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
+++ headline level 3 |
* Level 1 ** Level 2 *** Level 3 |
|
| Bold Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
**bold text** |
''bold'' |
|
| Italics Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
//italic text// |
'''italic''' |
|
| Underline Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
__underlined text__ |
%%%underlined%%% |
|
| Monospace Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
{{monospaced text}} |
N/A |
|
| Strikethrough Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
--strikethrough text-- |
%%strikethrough%% |
|
| Superscript Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
^^superscript^^ |
N/A |
|
| Subscript Format |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
,,subscript,, |
N/A |
|
| Images |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
[[image src="..."]] |
#ref(pagename/filename[,option]) &ref(pagename/filename[,option]); &ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]); http://foo.bar/foo.jpg |
|
| Aligning Text |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
= Centered line |
CENTER:center RIGHT:right LEFT:left |
|
| Text Indentation |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
> First level of indentation >> Second level of indentation. |
N/A |
|
| Bulleted Lists |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
* element 1 * element 2 |
- Item 1 -- Item 1.1 - Item 2 |
|
| Numbered Lists |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
# element 1 # element 1 |
+ Item 1 ++ Item 1.1 + Item 2 |
|
| Definition Lists |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
: item : description |
:term|definition |
|
| Horizontal Rule |
wysiwyg rich text editor |
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